After moving forward for a distance towards the city, Ying suddenly took Carl and the other man and hid in the bushes.

Just as Carl and Nia were secretly on guard against her, the sound of horse hooves came closer and closer, and a fully armed cavalry rushed towards this side.

The equipment they wore had a distinct Breland style. The heavy armor looked like it was pressed directly out of a stamping machine, rough and simple.

Many horses had several special quivers hanging on both sides, some people carried a light crossbow as tall as a person on their backs, and others carried lances.

These people should be two relatively rare warrior sub-classes - magic archers and cavalry.

These two professions are rarely encountered in adventures because they are usually in the military.

One is responsible for fire coverage, and the other is responsible for charging into battle.

If they fight alone, they may be slightly inferior, but as long as they form a certain scale, even if the level is not high, these two professions can cause strong lethality.

This team of soldiers did not notice Carl and his two companions. The flying hooves of their horses stirred up a cloud of dust, and soon they disappeared.

"Why are the soldiers from Breland here? This place is still some distance from the border."

Carl muttered to himself as he walked out of the bushes.

Ying on the side looked up at the sky, and then uttered a long sentence, which was rare.

"I don't know, but I always feel a little depressed. Maybe something will happen soon."

People with psychic powers occasionally have sudden premonitions.

Although it cannot predict as accurately as the spells of the prophecy school, it can still sense good or bad luck in advance.

Carl actually had the same premonition, so the two people with psychic powers did not dare to delay and took Nia and ran quickly to Akanix.

"Stop! Who are you?"

Soon, the group arrived at the west gate.

The general guarding the gate shouted sternly. The city gate had been closed and there was a tense atmosphere around.

"We are students of Arkanix, and these are our hired companions, we are in the West..."

After truthfully recounting what had happened to the three of them not long ago, Carl looked up, waiting for the goalkeeper's feedback.

There was a discussion on the city wall, and several soldiers opened the city gate a crack, allowing Carl and his companions to enter the city.

"Are you sure you saw Breland's soldiers galloping across our roads?"

As soon as they entered the city gate, the general who had just asked Carl and the other two about their identities came towards them.

There was an aggrieved expression on his face at this moment, as if he was an honest farmer who suddenly found out that he was on the list of dishonest persons.

But the situation may be more complicated than that.

Although he is not a border soldier and Breland has a good relationship with Andel, it does not mean that the other side's army can enter the territory of Andel.

This is already a diplomatic incident!

There might even be a war! Carl was about to confirm his testimony again, but Nia pulled him back.

"We can't be sure they are Breran men, but they are wearing Breran war armor."

After these words were spoken, Carl and the generals were stunned.

Indeed, those wearing Breland uniforms are not necessarily Breland troops.

"Okay, I understand. You guys go home first and don't go out recently."

After warning Carl and the other two, the general led a team of soldiers to the city lord's mansion.

Probably he reported Carl and the others' intelligence.

The three of them stopped by the Adventurer's Guild, only to hear that the city gates were closed at nightfall, and many adventurers who returned late were driven away by the general guarding the gate.

"It seems that we were able to get in thanks to our identity as students of Akanix. So how did that person recognize us?"

At first, Carl didn't have much hope that the three of them could enter the city gate.

“It’s hard to say about other people, but that general definitely knows you.

Your tower master has a lot of businesses here. The officials here may not know other people, but they definitely know you, the interns of the strange mechanics."

Covering her mouth and laughing, Nia teased Carl.

But what she said does make sense.

Carl's power armor is really eye-catching.

"I have reason to suspect that the general has received benefits from the drow elves. According to the receptionist, many male adventurers simply ran to the South City Gate to have fun."

While chatting, Carl and others handed over their tasks to the association staff.

After coming out of the Adventurer's Guild, there was already some light in the sky. The three of them returned to the store and had a good rest.

When I woke up again, it was already noon the next day.

The streets became much more lively, and the number of adventurers wearing equipment increased visibly.

Seeing the voodoo workshop open its door, several adventurers walked in together.

"Have you heard? Last night, those bandits from the Black Abyss ran into the regular army. That guy, that scene, a lot of people died!"

"That's not all! Those beasts wanted to capture an entire village for sacrifice. If there wasn't a halfling who knew how to fight, the entire village would have been wiped out."

Listening to the conversations of these adventurers, Carl had a general understanding of the situation in other areas last night.

"It seems that things have not been very peaceful recently, but I should be able to take this opportunity to quickly accumulate some spiritual power."

Carl felt a little guilty about retreating last night, so he planned to go out again today to see...

The people on the street paused for a moment in confusion, and then they realized what the sound was.

"Attack alert? In Arkanix? Is this crazy!"

The adventurers who were about to buy something cursed a few words, then left the shop and ran towards the city gate.

Ordinary residents quickly returned to their homes, and the direction of the City Lord's Mansion was flashing with lights like a disco.

That's the phenomenon of someone traveling back and forth through the teleportation array.

Needless to say, it must be the high-level wizards from Akanix who have come.

"Niya! Ying! Look after the house!"

After giving the two of them a warning, Carl summoned the power armor and V again and rushed towards the west city wall.

At this time, the western city wall was already full of adventurers. A general whom Carl did not recognize was standing on the platform, reading out the reason for the alarm to everyone.

“According to observation, a large-scale underground city portal appeared on the west side, and a large number of petrified bulls and petrified lizards emerged from it.

Currently, a group of petrified bulls and petrified lizards are heading towards the city of Arkanix."

The rest of the text was quite long, but it was basically some meaningless news. The general meaning was to encourage adventurers and local guards to hunt petrified bulls and petrified lizards together to relieve combat pressure.

Originally, Carl was planning to follow those adventurers and soldiers to fight on the battlefield, but the official people soon came to him and hoped that the Voodoo Workshop could help make petrified lizard oil next.

Although petrified lizards and petrified bulls can petrify their enemies, their fresh blood can be used to extract an essential oil that can cure petrification.

Especially the petrified lizard, not only can it use its blood to extract this medicine, but its gastric juice also has the same effect.

When fighting this petrified monster, being petrified is inevitable.

"You can go directly to the Voodoo Workshop and ask my deputy manager to take charge of this matter."

Leaving the task of making the potion to Nia, Carl followed the fully armed adventurers and soldiers out of the city.

There were also magic archers among Arkanix's soldiers. When the charging petrified bull appeared in sight, a round of arrows with added magic damage flew out from the city wall.

When the monsters approached, the rain of arrows immediately killed some of the petrified bulls.

"Round two! Fire!"

Seeing that the petrified bull was still charging desperately, the commander launched another round of rain of arrows.

Next, the petrified bulls arrived near the city wall.

"Form a formation!"

The soldiers raised their large shields, then were knocked away by the petrified bull's charge.

But they succeeded in slowing down the pace of the first batch of petrified bulls.

A rear-end collision occurred among the monsters, and the adventurers took advantage of this opportunity to launch an attack.

"Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid! Attack!"

Giving the metal slime a somewhat childish name, Carl controlled it to attack a petrified bull.

With a "ding" sound, Yue Ling's body, hardened by her marrow fluid, hit the skin of the petrified bull.

The sharp thorns only left a white mark on the opponent's body.

"V!"

Seeing the failure of the new product, Carl did not dare to be careless and directly controlled V to slap out.

The strength attribute of petrified bulls is generally 20 points, and given their tonnage, they are obviously unable to be shaken by V's attacks.

However, they are not very resistant to thunder damage.

V's fist also had the effect of the Thunder Fight Fist, and this fist actually "paralyzed" the petrified bull's body for a short period of time.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Carl "made the most of it".

The hardened Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid softened again, and then, according to Carl's instructions, drilled into the cracks in the petrified bull's skin.

The petrified bull looks like a mechanical bull, with a very hard metal shell.

However, there will be some gaps in the armor at the joints.

They would not have caused any hindrance to the petrified bull's movements unless the petrified bull had "rust disease".

But today, Carl took advantage of these gaps to attack the petrified bull.

"burst!"

This order was transmitted using psychic power, and in an instant, the petrified bull that was about to turn around and charge towards Carl fell to his knees with a plop.

Gray blood was flowing out of its knee joints, and its leg bones were bent abnormally, looking like they were broken.

A force of energy was brewing in the chest of the petrified bull. That was its petrifying breath, which could directly petrify anyone with a physical fitness of less than 13.

Carl doesn't have to worry about this due to his physical attributes, but it would be best if he could stop the opponent's attack.

After activating the dragon crystal, Carl jumped up and landed directly on the back of the petrified bull.

V's pair of mechanical hands grasped the two bull horns from behind, and at the moment when the petrified bull was about to spit out an attack, Carl pressed down hard.

The petrified breath was directly trapped in the soil, and when the petrified bull's attack ended, Carl controlled the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid to drill out of the opponent's eye sockets.

(End of this chapter)